The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Rural America
Death of a Sales Barn: How Corporations Took Over Our Food System
A new report explains how a handful of agribusiness firms came to dominate U.S. agriculture, how they’re ruining rural America, and how we can stop them.
Zoe Pharo
Viewpoint
Disrupt or Anchor the Democratic Party? Why Not Both?
Political scientists Frances Fox Piven and Daniel Schlozman offer key perspectives on whether movements should put pressure on political parties from the outside, or focus on gaining insider power themselves.
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
Viewpoint
Where Is the 100,000-Strong Public Health Corps Biden Promised Us?
The government needs to bring vaccines and information to the people through an ambitious public jobs program, just like Biden said he would.
Abdullah Shihipar
Feature
Black Farmers Sow the Seeds for the Future
A century after the height of Black farming, young land stewards pick up the plow.
Randi Love
Departments
A New Era of Digital Dissidence in Cuba
A decade later, Cuban dissidents have taken to the Internet, finding a new voice and audience.
Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo
DispatchRural America
Farmers Reject Nicor's Pipe Dream
Residents of the historic Black farming community of Pembroke, Illinois want an energy upgrade—but they want renewables, not fossil fuels.
Zoe Pharo
Viewpoint
The Billionaire Side Hustle That Inequality Created
An easy income stream is open to anyone who can pay the entry price. (You can't.)
Hamilton Nolan
Viewpoint
The “Great Resignation” Is Just Hype
The solution to Biden’s economic problems is simple: spend more money to fuel the recovery.
Max B. Sawicky
Labor
South Korea Will See a Massive Labor Uprising on January 15
Workers, farmers and the urban poor, battered by the pandemic, are demanding labor protections and structural reforms.
Minju Bae
Climate
What's Missing in Don't Look Up? A Real Call to Climate Action.
The new Netflix hit offers a searing satire, but its website's action steps are wanting.
Mitch Jones
Labor
Happy Birthday Jeff Bezos, You Bum
A cold, angry party for an absent billionaire.
Hamilton Nolan
ViewpointRural America
How to Live with the New Predator that Stalks the West
Unwilling to share the landscape with grizzlies, wolves and other predators, the U.S. exterminated most of them. With wildfire, we don’t have that option.
Pepper Trail
Wisconsin's Rural Schools in "Crisis Mode"
A longstanding educator drain strains teachers and students.
Steven Potter
Feature
The Hypocrisy of Biden's New "Blame the Unvaccinated" Strategy
As long as we're blaming individuals, we are not talking about how the Biden administration's policies are failing the world.
Sarah Lazare
Culture
The New Judge Judy Is As Classist As Ever
How a TV justice extends contempt for the poor.
Yasmin Nair
Labor
Death in the Air
An essential worker considers pandemic times.
Sean Estelle
Labor
Disturbing New Report Shows Dire Conditions For Grocery Workers
A huge new survey of Kroger employees finds homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity are widespread.
Hamilton Nolan
Labor
The Teachers Being Demonized for Trying To Save Us From the Pandemic
A conversation with locked-out members of the Chicago Teachers Union.
Maximillian Alvarez
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